“All twenty-five of the pirates had sustained fatal (in some cases completely bisecting) wounds from a bladed object. A datapad was left aboard the drifting ship, alongside their corpses. I must admit that the message it contained was somewhat baffling, the language almost indecipherable. But based on the use of words such as ‘forsooth’ and ‘zounds’, I believe we have the Novocastrians to thank for disposing of these particular miscreants.” – Wu Tenchu, report to the Emperor